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Copyright Basics

In Canada, the Copyright Act governs what is acceptable by law regarding materials. Fair Dealing is the most significant exception for educational institutions.

  • Copyright is the reproduction of a work (through scanning, photocopying, downloading, etc...). 
  • In Canada, the creator of a work has copyright ownership for the duration of their life + 70 years. After this time period, the work will become public domain. Creators do not need to register to obtain copyright, and they have the ability to sell, license (e.g. Creative Commons), or donate the copyright to their works as they prefer. 

Wording adapted from: https://copyright.uottawa.ca/what-is-copyright/exceptions-copyright/fair-dealing-guidelines

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Finding and using materials for your course

Open Educational Resources - Find material available without copyright restrictions for teaching and learning.

Library Materials - You can link to any of our library materials in moodle. This will ensure that no copyright is violated, and that students have access to materials they will need for their courses. Keep in mind that most textbook publishers to NOT allow libraries to purchase electronic textbooks.

When you find material on the library site, copy the permalink from the record, and use that in your course as a permanent link to the resource. If you have trouble locating a permalink, contact your librarian.

Course Reserves:  Please visit this page for course reserve requests.

Digital resources: Youtube, Flickr, Vimeo, Wikipedio and MERLOT support the use of Creative Commons licenses to outline permissions on works. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, copyright is protected for the original content, use the share or embed features, or the link to the material. Google Images allows you to search for images that can be reused ( under the tools menu).